Combination table and ironing board



May 12, 1936. w. NELSON COMBINATION TABLE AND IRONING BOARD Filed June 13, 19:55 2 Sheets-Sheet l I. lfivenlor willlam Nelson 1 I flummm' A Home};

y 12, 1936- v w. NELSON I 2,040,211

COMBINATION TABLE AND IRONING BOARD Filed June 13, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 3 21 24 i 3, r i

/ I I L: l L;

nuenlor wiuaam Nelson pmwm A Home};

Patented May 12, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION TABLE AND IRONING BOARD William Nelson, New York, N. Y. ApplicationJune 13, 1935, Serial No. 26,499

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a combination table and ironing board. i

.The primary object of the invention is to provide a table with an ironing board that may be extended and retracted with respect to the table and is an improvement on my Patent 1,468,728 granted September 25, 1923.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of extension leaves on the table which may be extended and retracted into the table without interfering with the operation of the ironing and that may be manipulated with ease and dispatch.

;With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is disclosed and embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the claims hereunto appended. y

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure l is an end elevation of the table constructed in accordance with the presentinvention and showing the parts in the retracted relation. Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof showing the ironing board in extended position. I Figure 3 is a detailed vertical sectional view taken substantially on line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the table showing the ironing board in extended position and with the permanent top and the extension leaves removed.

Referring to the drawings in detail, numeral 1 indicates upright legs at the four corners of the table. In the center of the front legs 1 there are formed tranverse grooves 8 and on the rear legs there are similar transverse grooves 9 on the inner edges thereof. The grooves 8 and the grooves 9 extend downwardly into the legs from the upper ends thereof to slidably support the props on the extension leaves as will hereafter appear. There is an apron or skirt around the intermediate portion of the table to simulate a cabinet and this apron is formed of end walls l secured at their ends to the legs. There is also a rear side wall ll secured at its opposite ends to the legs and a front side wall I2 secured at its ends to the legs. The front side wall l2 does not extend to the top of the legs but the rear side wall and the end walls extend to the tops of the'legs. All of these walls terminate materially above the bottoms of the legs.

Interiorally of the table there are longitudlnally spaced cross braces fourin number indicat ed at l3, l5, l5, and I6. -These braces are secured at their rear ends-to the rear side wall. II and at their front ends to the front side wall l2. The tops of the braces are below the edges of 10 the end .and rear side walls. Braces l3, l4 and I5 have their upper edges in the same horizontal plane while brace i6 extends above the plane of the other braces. At the forward portion, the cross brace I6 is cut away to support an intermediate portion of a longitudinal platform I l. This platform I1 has one end secured to one leg 8 and the end wall l0, while the other end is secured to the upper edges of the braces l4, I5. This platform I1 is disposed horizontally, and provides a support for the counter-support on the ironing board as will hereafter appear. The cross braces l5, l6 also provide a slidingsupport fora drawer I 8 that slides into and out of an opening IS in the front wall. On the confronting faces of the braces l5, I6 are the usual cleats [8' to slidably support the drawer I8. Extending longitudinally across the center is a relatively narrow board that is called the anchor plate 20 and the opposite ends of this anchor plate is secured tothe top edges of the end walls In Superimposed upon and secured to the anchor plate 20 is the stationary or permanent table top 2|. Since the permanent table top 2i is secured to the anchor plate there is a space or pocket between the upper edges of the end and side walls into which extends and retracts the extension leaves 22, 23 one on each side of the anchor plate. On each end of the front leaf 22 is a pair of inwardly directed guide props 24 which slide in the grooves or notches 8. Adjacent the ends of the rear leaf 23 are similar guide props 25 which slide in the notches or grooves 9 in the rear legs. The inner ends of the guide props overlap as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings when the extension leaves are retracted under the permanent table top. The inner ends of the guide props project free of the inner edges of the respective extension leaves and the upper edges of the props decline inwardly. A portion of the bottom edge of each prop is curved as at 26 for approximately the width of the respective extension leaves, while the remaining bottom edge is straight and inclined as at 21 from the curved portion to the free end of the respective props. The curvature 26 and the straight inclined portion 21 of the bottom edges of the respective props permit the extension leaves to be pulled outwardly from under the permanent table top and in being pulled outwardly they rise substantially to the level of the permanent table top 2| as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings.

Adjacent one end of front wall l2 there is an opening 28 in which slides transversely an elongated ironing board support block 29. Throughout the length of the block 29 there is a groove 30 that embraces and rides on cross brace |3 whereby the block is slidably supported. Extending longitudinally of the table is an ironing board 3| one end of which is secured to the upper face as at 32 of the outer portion of the block 29. The other end of the ironing board is free of support. The ironing board 3| extends at right angles to the block 29 and on the rear end of the block-is secured as at 33 the one end of a counter support 34. This counter support is free at one end and is adapted to rest upon the platform l1 when the ironing board 3| is in the extended position shown in Figure 4 of the drawings. In ,the retracted position the free portions of the counter-support 34 rest upon the upper edge of cross brace l6 and slides thereon. To close the space between the upper edges of front wall l2 and. the bottom of extension leaf there is a gate or shutter 35 hinged to swing edgewise on dowel pins 36 and the outer ends of the dowel pins are seated in the inner portions of the legs I. The outer face of the ironing board supporting block 29 has a knob 31 thereon to manipulate the block and the gate or shutter 35 has a knob 38 thereon for the same purpose as has also the drawer I8 a like knob 39.

It will thus be seen that by raising the gate or shutter 35 the ironing board 3| may be moved into or out of the interior of the table as desired by simply pulling .or pushing on the knob 31 on the front face of the block 29. In the retracted position, the gate 35 covers the front edge of the ironing board and in the extended position the gate covers the forward edge of the countersupport I! as will be understood by referring to Figure 3 of the drawings.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A cabinet table comprising upright legs at each corner, end and side walls secured to the legs, spaced interior cross braces, a longitudinal platform secured at one end to a cross brace and at the other end to one of the legs, a transverse support block formed with a groove embracing one of the cross braces and slidable thereon, an ironing board secured at one end to one end of the block and free at the other end, a longitudinal counter-support secured at one end to the other end of the block adapted to rest on the platform when the ironing board is extended and on one of the braces when the ironing board is retracted.

2. A cabinet table comprising a table top supported on legs and having a skirt secured to the upper portions of the legs, said skirt including sides and ends for the cabinet table providing an interior compartment, and one of the sides tenninating below the table top to furnish an opening for the compartment; the combination with the aforesaid elements of spaced cross braces secured to the sides of the skirt within the compartment, a longitudinal platform within the compartment adjacent the opening and supported by certain of the braces, a transverse supporting block equipped with a groove embracing one of the cross braces and slidable thereon, an ironing board movable through the opening secured at one end to the outer end of the block and free at the other end which is adapted to rest on the platform when retracted in the compartment, a longitudinal counter-support secured at one end to the inner end of the block adapted to rest on the platform when the ironing board is extended and also to rest on one of the braces when the ironing board is retracted.

3. A cabinet table comprising a table top supported on legs and having a skirt secured to the upper portions of the legs, said skirt including sides and ends for the cabinet table providing an interior compartment, and one of the sides terminating below the table top to furnish an opening for the compartment; the combination with the aforesaid elements of spaced cross braces secured to the sides of the skirt within the compartment, a longitudinal platform within the compartment adjacent the opening and supported by certain of the braces, a transverse supporting block equipped with a. groove embracing one of the cross braces and slidable thereon, an ironing board movable through the opening secured at one end to the outer end of the block and free at the other end which is adapted to rest on the platform when retracted in the compartment, a longitudinal counter-support secured at one end to the inner end of the block adapted to rest on the platform when the ironing board is extended and also to rest on one of the braces when the ironing board is retracted, and a gate closure pivoted to corresponding legs to close the opening in the side wall of the skirt.

WILLIAM NELSON. 

